996r916sps

Hey,

I received my stainless JBA headers yesterday, and I have to say they are very nice looking pieces. I have seen claims by JBA of up to 17hp and Paul's High Performance saw gains close to this within a few in 5.0 magazine. I bought mine second hand, and are going to send them out to be coated with ceramic inside and out. I have found a company called Thermal Tech whom makes a super product called Turbo X. Their product will lower temperature radiating from the headers by 30%. They said they typically see a 2-3% increase over non-coated headers. This is not the same coating than comes on the regular headers, it will withstand 2000+ degree temps. The naturally asipiated cars only emit 1300-1400 degree temps, which is fine for a normal ceramic coatings. But when you supercharge or turbocharge the engine, the exhaust temps rise pretty close to 1900 degrees. At this point you start to get seperation, discoloring and cracking in the standard header coatings. There are a couple people marketing the same product under different names, but all you have to know is it's good to 2000+ degrees.

I have read the JBA header postings about a small 5hp gain, so if I use that as the low number and add the 2-3% increase for the coating it puts me to 9-10hp. I will update this post after the coating is complete, and after they are installed and dyno tested. Look for these updates sometime in September 2006.

Thanks!

chuckcsf

Thats cool man... but i wish you guys would put a price on the mods you get and from where.

petepete

do you havea turbo or super? I been interestedin the shorty headers too because JBA said it would be good for the supercharger. I thought it was probably just stronger to last longer but if it adds significant gains forthe F/I i think ill buy a set

996r916sps

I bought mine from a forum member, whom decided they wanted something else. I paid $400 for the stainless JBA shorties. Most places are selling them for around $450 on the net or Ebay.

As for the coating at Thermal Tech, they charge $125 for Mustang shorties.

Hope this helped!

996r916sps

Hey,

I just got word today, that my JBA headers have been coated and are ready to ship! $140 coated and shipped back to me.

I also got a chance to order an upgraded coil-pack and wires from Performance distributors. $184 for both shipped.

Performance Distributors ran an ad in Mustangs and Fast Fords last month, and they noted noticeable gains. I figured as long as I'm pushing the vehicle beyond stock specs, I should upgraded some ignition components.

I'm looking to see 10rwhp and 10rwtq from the headers. (current rwhp = 215 + 10 - "225rwhp")
(current rwtq = 244 + 10 - "254rwtq")

I'm also looking for 3rwhp and 3rwtq for the ignition. (new rwhp = 225 + 3 - "228rwhp")
(new rwtq = 254 + 3 - "257rwtq")

I am only looking into a couple more things, and I'm done with mods for 2006. I need to find a set of silver tipped spark plugs and order my aluminum driveshaft. I figure the spark plugs will be about $50 and the driveshaft should be between $450-$500 shipped to me. Maybe if I can pickup a little extra, I can make it to 230rwhp/260rwtq.

I am going to try to make it back to Lapeer Dragstrip before the weather turns ugly. I would be really happy to run 14.10's with regular street BFG radials. I will report the actual numbers soon, after I make my appointment at Alternative Auto for my install of these performance parts and tuning.

We shall see! I look forward to seeing everyone at the track!

Hope this helped.

05BlackPony

Sounds good. I don't know about those HP/TQ expectations you have though. Even with a CAI + Tune and your mods mentioned, Fazm is bolt-on king and
here didn't get those rwhp numbers.

996r916sps

How much power is Fazm putting to the wheels?

Does he have a list of the mods he has done?

996r916sps

05BlackPony-

You are mistaken! He only has 212rwhp and 238rwtq, so I am already past that with my 215rwhp and 244rwtq. If your going post something, try to make it accurate.

Thanks!

05BlackPony

OK, I'm mistaken. But I have to ask, are those numbers you have dynoed? Or just a calculation of posted claims?